contains method Null safety

  1. @override
bool contains(
  1. Object? element
)
override

Whether the collection contains an element equal to element.

This operation will check each element in order for being equal to element, unless it has a more efficient way to find an element equal to element.

The equality used to determine whether element is equal to an element of the iterable defaults to the Object.== of the element.

Some types of iterable may have a different equality used for its elements. For example, a Set may have a custom equality (see Set.identity) that its contains uses. Likewise the Iterable returned by a Map.keys call should use the same equality that the Map uses for keys.

Example:

final gasPlanets = <int, String>{1: 'Jupiter', 2: 'Saturn'};
final containsOne = gasPlanets.keys.contains(1); // true
final containsFive = gasPlanets.keys.contains(5); // false
final containsJupiter = gasPlanets.values.contains('Jupiter'); // true
final containsMercury = gasPlanets.values.contains('Mercury'); // false

Implementation

@override
bool contains(Object? element) {
  if (_list.length < 3) {
    return _list.contains(element);
  }

  if (_isDirty) {
    _set.addAll(_list);
    _isDirty = false;
  }

  return _set.contains(element);
}